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Reveal Hackers of Activists’ Gadgets
Hackers have yet again targeted activists’ cell phones with the intent to hijack their messaging accounts to spread certain content.
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Screenshot of the savekpk.org page. Hacking an anti-corruption Whatsapp account includes a message with a link to the page.
Hackers have yet again targeted activists’ cell phones with the intent to hijack their messaging accounts to spread certain content.
The latest case targeted Ravio Patra, a public policy researcher and law activist. On the afternoon of Tuesday, 22 April 2020, when he tried to access his WhatsApp, the following message appeared: "Your account is registered on another phone." After this was a request to input a one-time password (OTP), which is usually sent to confirm changes to WhatsApp accounts.
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